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"Whereas Europe was once a bucket-list trip when you can get it for [below] a thousand it's much more achievable."

Return flights to Europe first dropped below $1000 earlier this year, and Berenson said the company's deals were a reflection of what was happening in the industry at the moment, calling it a "golden era" for travel.

"At the moment New Zealand has seen a huge number of new carriers come into the market which has really impacted on competition."

This combined with relatively low fuel prices meant travel companies could offer unprecedented cheap flights and people should make the most of it while they could.

Berenson said the prices were not a reaction to premium carrier Qatar Airways' $1209 return fares to Amsterdam in January, which were offered among a host of cut-price fares to various destinations earlier in the year, which have since ended.

Travellers leaving from Auckland to Amsterdam with Qatar this weekend returning next Friday would have to pay NZ$2112 - nearly twice the price.

Torrential rain and flooding had seen an increase in people booking "flop and drop" holidays to sunnier locales this year, Berenson said.

Hawaii in particular has proven very popular, up almost 15 per cent on 2016. Bali is up almost 20 per cent, Samoa 15 per cent and Brisbane 10 per cent.

Berenson said this year had been one of Flight Centre's busiest years as the number of Kiwis travelling overseas increases.

"Year on year we've already seen an increase of more than 10 per cent in bookings at Flight Centre."

This matches trends in Statistics New Zealand figures out this week which showed Kiwis took a record 2.68 million overseas trips in the March 2017 year, up 10 per cent from the March 2016 year. In March 2017, New Zealand residents left on 192,200 overseas trips, up 11 per cent from March last year.

The fares are available online, over the phone, and in Flight Centre stores nationwide.

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